A conwoman who had previously been jailed for swindling £2.5m from her pals has found herself back behind bars after conning her former neighbour out of a whopping £118k. Margarita Clark, 72, spun a web of lies about buying property in Spain and dangled the carrot of investment to the victim, promising a slice of the interest in return.
Clark, hailing from Bayford, Hertfordshire, kept up the charade of phoney property tales to extract more cash from the unsuspecting victim, racking up around £118,000. She splashed the ill-gotten gains on high-end fashion, a brand new motor and even managed to convince the victim to foot the bill for a plush trip to Dubai . The family of the victim uncovered Clark's shady past with a simple Google search, revealing that she had been sentenced to 40 months in prison back in 2014, after fleecing friends of £2.
5million. In her previous scams, Clark had tricked six victims into parting with their life savings under the pretence of investing in bogus property deals, all while dining in posh restaurants and holidaying in the Caribbean . Clark was handed a 43-month sentence at St Albans Crown Court on September 13, after admitting to fraud by false representation.
The fraud began in 2018 when Clark struck up a friendship with a woman in her 70s who had relocated to the area following the death of her husband. The two became fast friends, often meeting for coffee and lunch, and after a chat about savings, Clark proposed the victim invest in Spanis.
